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From: hekunze@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Herb Kunze)
Subject: Wrestling TidBits - 03/03
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 1994 03:45:02 GMT
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- As reported already, Jim Ross is out with Bell's Palsy, which has
paralyzed half his face. He might be out for as long as 3 months.
- Marty Janetty was fired by the WWF after the most recent European
tour for "unprofessional conduct."
- On 03/11/93, the "Ultimate Fighting Championship II" takes place on PPV.
Royce Gracie is back to defend his title on this cheapie PPV.
- The WWF has WrestleMania X on 03/20/94 from MSG in New York. Announced
matches include:
- Lex Luger vs. Yokozuna for the WWF Title
- Bret Hart vs. winner of above match for the WWF Title
- Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
- Crush vs. Randy Savage with falls counting anywhere and both wrestlers
having to be back in the ring 60 seconds after a pinfall
- Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels for both IC Title belts in a ladder match
- Quebecers vs. Men on a Mission for the WWF Tag Titles
*- Alundra Blayze will defend her WWF Women's title
*- Adam Bomb vs. Earthquake
- Doink & Dink vs. Bam Bam Bigelow & Luna Vachon
*- Headshrinkers & Rick Martel & IRS & Jeff Jarrett
vs. Smoking Gunns & Sparky Plugg & Tatanka & 1-2-3 Kid
Little Richard will sing the US national anthem. Burt Reynolds and
Jennie Garth will appear. It's expected that George Steinbrenner will
be guest timekeeper or ring announcer and that Evander Holyfield will
be a guest referee. There is talk of Roddy Piper or Curt Hennig
appearing, but talk about Hennig is confusing these days.
There is some talk that Undertaker will make a spooky appearance at
WrestleMania.
There is also talk that Missy Hyatt will begin her second stint with
the WWF beginning at this PPV.
The Observer said that there are reports in Japan that Bull Nakano
is being talked to about working against Alundra on this show.
Lots of talk that Jerry Lawler will return at this show, with the
angle being that he was responsible for poisoning Owen Hart's mind
against his brother Bret.
WrestleMania will be run hand-in-hand with "WWF FanFest." They've
run ads for this event during the syndies, saying that Doink will be
set up in a dunk tank. The whole thing will have a carnival atmosphere
and admission will be $22 for 2.5 hours.
- WCW has Spring Stampede on 04/17/94. Tentative line-up includes:
- Ric Flair vs. Rick Steamboat for the WCW Title
- Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne for the WCW Tag Titles in
a Cleveland street fight
- Rick Rude vs. Sting for the WCW International Title
- Vader vs. The Boss
- Steve Austin vs. Great Muta for the US Title
- Steve Regal vs. Brian Pillman for the TV Title
- Dustin Rhodes vs. Bunkhouse Buck (Jimmy Golden) in a bunkhouse match
- Tom Zenk vs. Terror Risin'
Nasty Boy Brian Knobbs should be okay by this show, having only suffered
a dislocated shoulder at SuperBrawl.
- WCW has Slamboree II on 05/22/94. Tentative line-up includes:
- Rick Rude vs. Vader for the WCW International Title
- Steve Austin vs. Johnny B. Badd for the US Title
- Steve Regal vs. Larry Zbyszko for the TV Title
- Dustin Rhodes vs. Bunkhouse Buck
Bruno Sammartino, Killer Kowalski & Ray Stevens will be among the
legends appearing.
- The WWF has the King of the Ring PPV on 06/19/94 from Baltimore.
- Videos: I have posted something about the availability of videos.
If you missed it, I'll send it to you in e-mail upon request.
This is your VideoMarinepiad I Control Centre! VideoMarinepiad I is
scheduled to take place on 03/20/94. The event set a new pro-wrestling
record, selling out in mere seconds, with an estimated house of 2 (no
paper) and a gate of $0. At press times, no celebrities were scheduled
to appear, there were no special referees or guest ring announcers
expected, and it seemed doubtful that Undertaker would make an appearance.
This is the only Control Centre that can tell you most match ratings
*before* the actual event, so that it's guaranteed not to disappoint.
While no matches have been officially announced, it is rumoured that
the following (all matches that I haven't gotten around to watching
yet ;-)) might be part of this historic card:
1. 01/22/93 UWA Super Dolphin & El Loco Zandokan
vs. Great Sasuke & Kendo
2. 03/11/93 AJW Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada
vs. Sakie Hasegawa & Debbie Malenko
3. 08/05/93 AJW Akira Hokuto vs. Harley Saito ****1/4
4. 08/25/93 AJW Bull Nakano & Manami Suzuki ****1/2
LLPW & Etsuko Mita & Mima Shimoda
& Bat Yoshinaga vs. Eagle Sawai
& Harley Saito & Leo Kitamura
& Yukari Osawa & Miki Handa
(elimination tag)
5. 11/18/93 JWP Manami Toyota vs. Hikari Fukuoka ****1/2
6. 12/06/93 AJW Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki WWWA Tag ****3/4
vs. Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota
7. 12/06/93 AJW Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori ****
Match 2 is the one where Malenko breaks her leg. Matches 6 and 7 are
the re-matches from the 04/02/93 Dream Slam classic match-ups.
Matches still vying to be added this card include:
8. 01/22/93 UWA Dos Caras & Villano V
vs. El Gran Hamada & Villano IV
9. 05/29/92 AJW Aja Kong & Bison Kimura
vs. Debbie Malenko & Sakie Hasegawa
10. 05/29/92 AJW Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada
vs. Yumiko Hotta & Kyoko Inoue
11. 07/10/93 WWA Brian Christopher vs. Chris Candito
12. 07/10/93 WWA Sabu vs. Jerry Lynn
13. 08/25/93 AJW Aja Kong vs. Dynamite Kansai WWWA ****1/4
Match 8 is a "Parejas Incredible" match, where usual tag partners
switch teams. Matches 11 and 12, the only North American contenders
for inclusion in VM I, are from WWA/NWA Grand Slam II. I've just
got too much unwatched stuff. ;-)
VideoMarinepiad I will run approximately 3:20, the same length as that
other event on 03/20, but VM I will not have a pre-game show. Watch for
the "VideoMarinepiad I Review" on 03/21/94.
Herb...